Good ROCK speakers

Klipsch Forte II, Chorus, or Chorus II, without a doubt. There was a pair of Chorus listed today if I can remember that far back.

Cornwall is another good recommendation. Heresy, eh... a little small. La Scala... ummm, a little big, and not the same slam on bass (but great mid + high). Skip anything made by Klipsch say 1996 or later... they took a turn for the mass market, with quality and sonics suffering.

BTW, I'm a huge metal-head (collection of about 1000 CDs and 300 lps, 60-70% metal), but I don't do "nu-metal", which it seems you've hitched your wagon onto to a non-trivial degree. You're making me feel young!

Klipsch is your best bet. JBL is along the same lines in sound, but many of these units are older, and you'd be looking at more age problems going with classics there. The Klipsch Forte's and Choruses at least have rubber surrounds, not foam, so if the cones aren't ripped, chances are they will still work GREAT and sound fast as a shark (metal joke, you won't get it).

Mwilson-

I agree with you on the Klipsch's for choices, except for the Forte 11's. I have those and while they are a good speaker, they sound better with low power tube amps. I recommend the KLF-30 ( if one can still find them at a good price) as I have those as well. I have hooked up both pairs and the KLF-30 can take whatever you give them. Something to think about as well is that the 30's can be bi-amped while the Fortes can't be.

Just my thoughts.

Rather, I should have said "You're making me feel old". Or better yet, "You're making me feel stupid!" ; )

Riley - I've heard that recommendation for KLF-30 for rock many times. Never even seen a pair. Must have really rocked, with that sort of legacy.

With so many mentions for older speakers, where are the new breed of rock-ready speakers, or are we just looking back in time too much? I was interested to hear about Pauly's experience with the Meadowlarks, for example.

My vote is to Klipsch as well. (as far as new stuff anyway)

But what Avnut said couldnt be more true. A good clean front end (and back end as well) is always better.

Ohh, and dont forget to bring a healthy plateful-o-watts to the table as well.

4 modified Klipsch Heresy's with four additional sealed, stuffed and downloaded 12" subwoofers. Cross them over at about 50 - 60 Hz with a sharp slope ( preferably 24 dB's / octave, but 18 dB's will get you by ). Crank it up and bring plenty of power with you : )

As a side note, ported speakers tend to sound like crap when you really start driving them hard. That is, unless they are VERY well designed and / or optimally tuned for best operation in the high spl range.

One sign of a more advanced ported design would be the use of what is called an "aero-port" or some such similar device. This is a port that uses a horn-like flare on both the exit and entrance of the port. Think of it as a port with "Mi-Horns" on each end : )

Passive radiators will almost always sound noticeably slow compared to an optimized sealed design, but are capable of great bass weight in the bottom octaves if really done right. Sean
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